Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2 - Coombeswood )
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2 - Coombeswood ) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2).
It runs for 5 miles and 2¾ furlongs from Parkhead Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 1 - Through Route)) to Coombeswood (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 2 - Lapal Canal - Original Line West End )).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Bumblehole Branch) at Dudley - Bumble Hole Junction and with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Netherton Tunnel Branch) at Windmill End Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include Gosty Hill Tunnel
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 38M - Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring; Black Country Canals; Birmingham Canal Navigations
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Parkhead Junction Junction of Dudley Canals Nos 1 and 2 |
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| Blowers Green Pumphouse | a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Blowers Green Bridge | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Spike Shop Bridge (demolished) | 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Galton Drive Narrows | 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Blackbrook Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Cattle Bridge | 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Blackbrook Junction Junction with the closed Two Lock Line |
5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lodge Farm Bridge Site of Brewins Tunnel |
7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Lodge Farm Pipe Bridge | 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Saltwell's Bridge | 1 mile and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Primrose Basin | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Primrose Hill Winding Hole | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Primrose Hill Bridge | 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Primrose Hill Wharf Site of Netherton Iron Works |
1 mile and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bishtons Bridge | 2 miles | 0 locks | |
| Bishtons Pipe Bridge | 2 miles | 0 locks | |
| Withymoor Goods Station Short arm - Withymoor Island private moorings |
2 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Withymoor Island Service Wharf | 2 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Grifin Bridge | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Netherton Furnaces Arm and Basin (infilled) | 2 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Withymoor Brick Works Arm | 2 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Fox and Goose Bridge | 2 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dudley - Bumble Hole Junction Junction of Dudley Canal No 2 and the Bumble Hole Branch Canal |
2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bumble Hole Bridge | 2 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bumble Hole Visitor Centre Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserve Visitor Centre |
2 miles and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Boshboil Arm Junction Northern arm of the Bumblehole loop |
2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Windmill End Junction Junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal |
2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Windmill End Bridge | 2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Warrens Colliery Toll Stop | 2 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Warrens Colliery Basin | 2 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bullfield Bridge | 2 miles and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Alkali Bridge (demolished) | 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Dog Lane Bridge | 3 miles | 0 locks | |
| Rowley Toll Stop | 3 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Brickhouse Farm Winding Hole | 3 miles and 1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hollis's Bridge | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Neptune Winding Hole | 3 miles and 3¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Powke Lane Bridge | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Garratts Lane Bridge | 3 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rowley Pipe Bridge | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Rowley Wharf | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Totnal Bridge | 3 miles and 6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Waterfall Lane Bridge | 4 miles and ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Smiths Bridge No access over footbridge |
4 miles and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Wrights Bridge | 4 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hayden Cross Railway Bridge | 4 miles and 1¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gosty Hill Bridge | 4 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gosty Hill Tunnel (northern entrance) | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Gosty Hill Tunnel (southern entrance) Site of Tube Works |
4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of former Stewarts & Lloyds Steel Works | 4 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coombes Footbridge | 5 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Hawne Basin Coombeswood Canal Trust |
5 miles and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Coombeswood Limit of Navigation - The canal from here to Selly Oak is closed |
5 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
- Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserves | Dudley Council — associated with Bumble Hole Visitor Centre
- Information regarding the Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserve, including the facilities.
- Coombeswood Canal Trust | Home page — associated with Hawne Basin
- A comprehensive set of information about the trust, its ownership of the basin and the facitilies it provides
Wikipedia has a page about Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions.
At its working peak, the BCN contained about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats.
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